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Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; ... City Metropolitan Area Population 2020 United States Census [2] ... Boston, Massachusetts (MA-NH) NECMA 4,941,632 ...
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.
Groton, Massachusetts, a town that was 90 percent White in 2020, was once a "Ku Klux Klan stronghold, rife with anti-Catholic and nativist prejudice", according to The Boston Globe. [100] That year, a board in Groton voted to reject "wholeheartedly the designation" of the town still being a sundown town at present. [100]
George Lewis Ruffin (1834–1886), the first African-American graduate of Harvard Law School, the first African American elected to the Boston City Council, and the first black judge in the United States; John Brown Russwurm (1799–1851), abolitionist, teacher; John J. Smith (1820–1906), abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, and ...
Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America (2006), a documentary by Marco Williams [50] [51] that was inspired by Elliot Jaspin's book Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America (2007). [52] [53] Sundown Town (2011), a play by Kevin D. Cohea. [49]
Kim Janey made history this month — becoming the first woman and first Black mayor of Boston since the city was incorporated in 1822. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in ...
Most Racist Cities in America Ranked by Hate Crimes. Pixabay/Public Domain. 11. Boston Metro Area. Total illegal immigrant population in the city: 220,000.
The list contains the names of cities, districts, and neighborhoods in the U.S. that are predominantly African American or that are strongly associated with African-American culture— either currently or historically. Included are areas that contain high concentrations of blacks or African Americans.